Ryūzō Kikushima1914 - 1989

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Writing

Popularity

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Famous

Biography

Japanese screenwriter and film producer who is best known for co-writing the screenplays for several Akira Kurosawa films, including Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and High and Low. He also produced several of Kurosawa's early 1960s films. In addition to his work with Kurosawa, screenplays he wrote or co-wrote include Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hiroshi Inagaki's Arashi and The Birth of Japan, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on which he also served as producer.

Credits

Highest 2 Lowest
Highest 2 Lowest

2025

Crime • Drama • Thriller

Original Film Writer

2
黒の斜面
黒の斜面

2016

Drama • Mystery • TV Movie

Original Story

0.1
The Last Princess
The Last Princess

2008

Action • Drama • History

Original Story

5.9
0.5
Tsubaki Sanjuro
Tsubaki Sanjuro

2007

Action • Drama • History

Writer

6.8
0.3
Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing

1996

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller • Western

Original Film Writer

6.4
2.4
My Phoenix
My Phoenix

1989

Drama • Romance

Screenplay

0.2
The Demon Comes in Spring
0.1
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon

1987

Adventure • Drama • Science Fiction

Writer

6.4
0.6
The Greatest Man in the World
The Greatest Man in the World

1986

Comedy

Screenplay

0.2
The Warrior and the Sorceress
The Warrior and the Sorceress

1984

Adventure • Fantasy

Original Film Writer

4.3
0.5
Shi no dangai
Shi no dangai

1982

Drama • Thriller

Original Story

0.2
Willful Murder
Willful Murder

1981

Drama

Screenplay

7.3
0.2
Shag
Shag

1978

Crime • Mystery

Writer

7
0.2
Ame no meguri ai
Ame no meguri ai

1977

Drama • Mystery

Original Story, Screenplay

0.1
The Sorrow of Paris
The Sorrow of Paris

1976

Drama

Screenplay

0.1
Stray Dog
Stray Dog

1973

Crime • Drama • Thriller

Original Story

7
0.2
Man on a False Flight
Man on a False Flight

1971

Mystery • Thriller

Original Story, Screenplay

5.5
0.1
Kaoyaku
Kaoyaku

1971

Screenplay

5.8
0.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Drama • History • War

Screenplay

7.1
2
The Magoichi Saga
The Magoichi Saga

1969

Action • Drama

Screenplay

5.8
0.2
Gateway to Glory
Gateway to Glory

1969

War

Screenplay

7.5
0.4
津軽絶唱
津軽絶唱

1969

Screenplay

0.1
春日和
春日和

1967

Screenplay, Original Story

0.1
Red Beard
Red Beard

1965

Drama

Producer, Screenplay

8.1
1.8
Hoodlum Soldier
Hoodlum Soldier

1965

Action • Comedy • War

Screenplay

7.3
0.2
A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful of Dollars

1964

Western

Original Story

7.8
5.3
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964

Comedy • Crime

Writer

5.3
0.6
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
6
0.1
She Came For Love
She Came For Love

1963

Drama

Screenplay

0.2
Zero Escape Visibility
Zero Escape Visibility

1963

Action • Crime

Writer

0.1
Fifty-Fifty
Fifty-Fifty

1963

Screenplay

0.1
Legacy of the 500,000
Legacy of the 500,000

1963

Action • Adventure • Drama

Screenplay

7.1
0.5
High and Low
High and Low

1963

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

Screenplay, Producer

8.3
3.2
Shin kitsune to tanuki
0.2
Yoru no keisha
Yoru no keisha

1962

Screenplay

0.1
Sanjuro
Sanjuro

1962

Action • Comedy • Drama

Screenplay, Producer

8
2.1
Kaei
Kaei

1961

Screenplay

0.2
Yojimbo
Yojimbo

1961

Drama • Thriller

Executive Producer, Screenplay

8.1
2.8
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Chikuhō no kodomotachi

1960

Drama

Producer, Screenplay

0.2
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well

1960

Crime • Drama • Thriller

Writer

7.7
1
Life of a Country Doctor
Life of a Country Doctor

1960

Drama

Screenplay

0.2
White Cliffs
White Cliffs

1960

Crime • Drama

Writer

0.1
Afraid to Die
Afraid to Die

1960

Crime • Drama

Writer

6
0.4
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960

Drama

Producer, Screenplay

8
0.9
Across the Darkness
0.2
The Three Treasures
The Three Treasures

1959

Action • Drama • Fantasy

Writer

5.4
0.4
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
0.2
The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress

1958

Action • Adventure • Drama

Screenplay

8
1.8
The Days of Evil Women
The Days of Evil Women

1958

Comedy • Crime • Drama

Screenplay

0.1
The Undefeated Woman
The Undefeated Woman

1958

Action

Writer

0.2
The Unbalanced Wheel
The Unbalanced Wheel

1957

Drama

Screenplay

0.1
The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour

1957

Drama

Novel

7.2
0.2
Last Days of the Samurai
Last Days of the Samurai

1957

Drama • History

Screenplay

0.1
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood

1957

Drama • History

Screenplay

7.9
1.8
Dotanba
Dotanba

1956

Drama

Director, Screenplay

6
0.2
The Storm
The Storm

1956

Drama

Writer

9
0.1
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Will-o'-the-Wisp

1956

Thriller

Writer

0.1
The Underworld
The Underworld

1956

Crime • Drama

Screenplay

0.1
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
Rikidozan: Man of Fury

1955

Drama

Screenplay

0.1
The Samurai of Edo
The Samurai of Edo

1955

Drama • History • War

Screenplay

6
0.2
Six Assassins
Six Assassins

1955

Drama

Writer

0.1
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again

1955

Drama • Romance

Screenplay

6.2
0.2
No Time for Tears
No Time for Tears

1955

Comedy • Drama • Romance

Writer

0.2
Vanished Enlisted Man
Vanished Enlisted Man

1955

Screenplay

0.2
A Man Among Men
0.2
Hirate Miki the Swordman
Hirate Miki the Swordman

1954

Action • Drama

Screenplay

0.2
The Black Current
The Black Current

1954

Drama

Screenplay

0.1
Kunisada Chūji
Kunisada Chūji

1954

Drama

Writer

0.3
Hanran
Hanran

1954

Drama • History

Screenplay

0.1
Made in Japan
Made in Japan

1953

Drama • Romance

Screenplay

0.2
The End of the Night
The End of the Night

1953

Drama • Thriller

Writer

0.1
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
A Fistful of Dollars Remake

Western

Original Film Writer

0.1
Tange Sazen
Tange Sazen

1952

Action • Adventure • Drama • History

Screenplay

0.1
Scandal
Scandal

1950

Drama

Screenplay

6.9
0.8
Stray Dog
Stray Dog

1949

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

Writer

7.5
1.3

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